Officials agree that cryptocurrencies pegged to real currencies will have to meet “the highest standards” of financial regulation. Continue reading →

“We want to give our citizens and our residents every opportunity to pay with whatever currency they have.” Continue reading →

“If Facebook and other companies want to become a bank, they must seek a new Banking Charter and become subject to all Banking Regulations, just like other Banks, both National and International,” Trump said on Twitter. Continue reading →

Gerald Cotten, who died in December, transferred customers’ money to his own accounts and likely traded fake currency deposits for real cryptocurrency, a recent report found. Continue reading →

QuadrigaCX was one of Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges before it was shut down amid a storm of controversy in January. Continue reading →

In the past 24 hours, the price of Bitcoin has surged from around US$7,000 to $8,200 — twice as much as it was trading for six weeks ago. Continue reading →

Vancouver-based QuadrigaCX was shut down in January after its founder and sole director, 30-year-old Gerald Cotten of Fall River, N.S., died Dec. 9 while travelling in India. Continue reading →

Thailand’s navy says an American man and his Thai girlfriend have threatened national sovereignty by living in a floating “seastead” home off the coast. Continue reading →

The move, approved on Monday by a Nova Scotia judge, marks a turning point for the 115,000 users who are owed more than $260 million in cash and cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Continue reading →